What are the difference between ijma and Qiyas? The primary sources, accepted universally by all Muslims, are the Qur'an and the Sunnah. It is however, in fields that they are silent that the secondary sources are to be used, thus the Ijma (consensus of opinion of scholars) and the Qiyas (laws derived through analogical deduction -analogy). Quran - The word of Allah is the primary source of Fiqh. Sunnah - The teachings of the Prophet (s) are the second source of Fiqh. Ijma - The consensus of the scholars. Qiyas - Logical deduction. Urf - Local culture. Istihsan - Overriding Qiyas due to Maqasid. The sources of ijtihad according to Shi'ah and the Ahl al‑Sunnah, put together, are: the Book, the Sunnah, ijma' (consensus), 'aql (reason), qiyas (analogy), istihsan, masalih mursalah, istislah, sadd al‑dhara'i', fath al‑dhara'i; madhhab al‑sahabi, shari'at al‑salaf, 'urf, istidlal, and so on. In this series of articles we shall try to discuss and study these topics in According to Imran Ahsan Khan Nyazee, Islamic Jurisprudence ( Usul-ul- Fiqh ) is a body of principles of interpretation by the help of which the Mujtahid is able to derive the law from the detailed evidence in the Qura'nIjma'. 1. It is important to state that GNXUij.

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